Assessing liver stiffness with conventional cut-off values overestimates liver fibrosis staging in patients who received the Fontan procedure.
Yuki ChoDaijiro KabataEiji EharaAkira YamamotoTatsuki MizuochiSotaro MushiakeHironori KusanoYuko KuwaeTsugutoshi SuzukiAkihiro TamoriHiroyasu MorikawaYuga Amano-TeranishiKiyohide KiokaAtsushi JogoYoshiharu IsouraTakashi HamazakiYosuke MurakamiDaisuke TokuharaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
Fontan patients are prone to developing both portal and sinusoidal fibrosis. Liver stiffness could be influenced by HVPG, and using the conventional cut-off values for LS overestimates and overtreats liver fibrosis in these patients.